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The FBI searches the home and office of former CIA Executive Director Kyle "Dusty" Foggo. Foggo is under investigation over his ties to a defense contractor linked to the bribery case against former Republican Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham of California. |
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Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows OS could succumb to hackers taking control of a computer by luring users to a Web site and coaxing them into clicking a malicious link. |
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Israeli forces kill five Palestinians in Gaza City as troops blast their way into buildings in a search of the remains of six ambushed comrades. The body parts are necessary for a proper Hebrew funeral. |
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Pentagon officials make additional photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison available to US Senators for a brief and classified viewing. |
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announces U.S. policy is encouraging instability and terrorism in the Middle East and that some in Washington seek war with Syria. |
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Muslim and Christian militants continue bloody street battles in Nigeria's northern city of Kano for a second day, killing at least 15 people. |
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Diplomats from China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, and the United States commence talks behind closed doors to address North Korea's nuclear programs. |
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The U.S. Embassy reports that an Afghani police officer claims he was stripped naked, photographed, kicked and subjected to sexual taunting while being held in Gardez and Bagram by coalition forces in August of 2003. |
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A Mexican video of un-identified flying objects filmed by Mexican pilots over Campeche is released. |
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Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt announces that two more soldiers, Sgt. Javal Davis and Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick, will be court martialed for Iraqi Prisoner abuse. |
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Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba tells the Senate Armed Services Committee that he found no evidence "written or otherwise" that the military police members involved in the Iraqi prisoner abuse were ordered to soften up prisoners for interrogation. |
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GOP leaders announced their opposition to the release of hundreds of additional images showing the abuse of Iraqi prisoners on the grounds that they could further inflame tensions in Iraq. |
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American troops, using tanks and helicopters, clash with Shia insurgents in Karbala, southern Iraq. |
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The U.S. Commerce Department announces that the U.S. trade deficit has swelled to a record $46 billion in March, propelled by rising prices for imported oil and unsatiable consumer demand for vast quantities of goods from abroad. |
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Al Qaeda attack on three western compounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia result in 20 fatalities, 7 of which are Americans. |
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Yeltsin fires Primakov, who was rapidly gaining popularity, and names Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin to replace him. |
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14 North Koreans defect to South Korea. |
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Dr. James C Fletcher to administrate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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The Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters. |
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West Germany and Israel establish diplomatic relations. |
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island |
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General Mark Clark assumes command of U.N. forces in Korea. |
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The Soviet blockade of Berlin ends. |
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A Nazi U-boat sinks an American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River. |
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Nazi blitz begins the conquest of France as the Muese River is crossed. |
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The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey just a few miles from the Lindbergh's home ten weeks after his abduction. |
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Bands of Kurdish horsemen ride into an Armenian village, sack it, slaughter over 250 people and carry off the women. |
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Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada |
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Napoleon Bonaparte conquers Venice. |
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The British capture Charleston and its 5400-man garrison comprising the entire southern American Army along with four ships and a military arsenal. British losses are only 225. |
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